Paul of Tammah lived as a hermit in the mountain of Ansena (currently in the El Minya governorate of Egypt).
Paul of Tammah is most known for spending his life in lengthy fasts and worship.
[1] Towards the end of his life, he befriended Pishoy at the time when the latter fled the Nitrian Desert because of the Berbers' attacks, and went to dwell in the mountain of Ansena.
[citation needed] Paul of Tammah died on 7 Paopi (October 17, 415 AD).
[3] Today, the two bodies lie in the main church of the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of Saint Pishoy in the Nitrian Desert.